Communication Quote by Michael Portillo

I knew all about Edward VIII's abdication, George VI becoming the king and having a stammer, but nothing about how he got rid of…

— Geoffrey Rush

“The reign of Edward VI was a singularly merciful one for those harsh times. Now that we are taking leave of him let us…

— Mark Twain

George VI in the conventional parlance was a Good King who sacrificed his life to his sense of duty. If we are to have…

— A. J. P. Taylor

At the same time, [princess Margaret] had a fragility and an insecurity in who she was and her position, because her sister had always…

— Vanessa Kirby

I think there was a bit of brotherly love, but I think everything has a motive when you're king. It's all about maintaining that…

— Max Irons

“All this is always for nothing," he says. "Don't you understand that yet? Every death is a pointless death; every battle should have been…

— Philippa Gregory

Britain has had some very strong and successful queens throughout history, but, since the Act of Succession in 1701, they have only been eligible…

— Penny Junor

This isn't a lie, actually. I don't care why Edward left. All I really want to know is why I wasn't enough to make…

— Jodi Picoult

“I pray for her soul with genuine feeling. She was a terribly unlucky girl. Her father Warwick adored her and thought he would make…

— Philippa Gregory

“In one conspicuous case, that of royalty, the State does already select the parents on purely political grounds; and in the peerage, though the…

— George Bernard Shaw

Cruel and paradoxical though it undoubtedly is, the record shows that yje most succesful 20th century monarchs have been those who were not actually…

— David Cannadine

He seems to have declared war on the King’s English as well as on the English king.

— Arthur Conan Doyle